At the same time, it is still niche, an unknown phenomenon and nerd money for a majority of 'normal' people.
I am not surprised that people are not asking about bitcoin payments because even bitcoins users assume that no brick and mortar shop accepts BTC so there is no use to even ask.
I am pretty sure that the GBP and Ruble are actually used everyday by a very large number of people, Bitcoin is used by a few people but is generally just used as a store of value.
A store of value is all good and well, but actually given what Bitcoin is, that is all just based on trust, and that can go down a lot.
Bitcoin can't be used as a currency, it isn't fast enough or have enough capacity to do so, that could change if improvements are made, that is IF improvements are made, who knows if and when that will happen. I definitely think we are nearer to the top of the price curve than the bottom now, it's rising very quickly for no real reason,
It appears to me that bitcoin is rising simply because it is used as an investment, I think in order for it to break the $50-100k mark there will need to be improvements in the block size and release of a functional lightning network, which will prompt adoption by bigger corporations.